Resistance Training
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Evidence suggests Resistance Training maydecreaseFasting insulin.

4 studies (4 claims)

Emerging evidence

Study Claims

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Intervention	Direction	Endpoint	Type	Population	Dosage	Title
six-week inspiratory resistance training (IRT)	Decreases - significantly reduced	fasting insulin levels	Human	obese individuals	Not available	Six-week inspiratory resistance training ameliorates endurance performance but does not affect obesity-related metabolic biomarkers in obese adults: A randomized controlled trial.cited 7×
resistance training (RT)	Decreases - reduced	fasting insulin	Human	insulin-resistant adult women	—	Interindividual responses to different exercise stimuli among insulin-resistant women.cited 11×
resistance training	Decreases - improved	fasting insulin	Human	patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and overweight/obesity	Not specified	Impact of resistance training on cardiometabolic health-related indices in patients with type 2 diabetes and overweight/obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.cited 9×
resistance training (RT)	No effect - limit conclusions about the impact	fasting insulin concentrations	Human	—	Not specified	Resistance Training as a Countermeasure in Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Review of Current Literature and Future Directions.cited 4×